Desperately Seeking Bandwidth
by: Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont
Broadband internet had chased me down into the privacy of my home. And then it seduced me.
Category: Volume 01
Casting Shirley Partridge: The Reality TV Audience as Talent Scout
by: Mary Beth Haralovich / University of Arizona
Reality television is developing a new force on the creative side of television production as the TV audience joins television executives in the creation of entertainment programming.
Media Spectacle and the Wired Bush Controversy
by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
During a media age, image and spectacle are of crucial importance in presidential campaigns.
The Audience Factor
by: Melissa Crawley / Lingnan University, Hong Kong
On The O’Reilly Factor on The Fox News Channel, host Bill O’Reilly introduces topics highlighted by recent news stories and spars with guests who represent each side of the issue.
Small Pleasures
by: Mimi White / Northwestern University
Can you love and hate a television show at one and the same time?
MGM, DVD, and “TV”
by: Thomas Schatz / University of Texas-Austin
Could DVD be the force that finally ushers in HD?
“Print the Money”: Mediating the 2004 Elections
by: Anna Everett / University of California at Santa Barbara
The title of this essay derives from a telling remark made by ubiquitous network news super star journalist Tim Russert following the third Presidential Debate on October 13, 2004 . . .
Political Polarization and the New Hollywood Blockbuster
by: Frederick Wasser / Brooklyn College CUNY
The connection between politics and movies is continuous and yet murky…
Undecided Voter
by: Chris Anderson / Indiana University
Squirrel hunting once was a lovely way for a man to pass an autumn afternoon…
Contemporary Television Criticism: State of the Art or Stuck in the Past?
by: Brian L. Ott / Colorado State University
The launch of FLOW provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the current state of television criticism…
What Can We Still Learn about Television from Raymond Williams?
by: Jim McGuigan / Loughborough University
When I was invited to write this column for Flow, I wondered where to start . . .
Welcome to Flow
by: Christopher Lucas and Avi Santo / University of Texas-Austin
Well, here it is. One long journey ends, at times frustrating, at times inspiring, and another journey begins…